On 5/26/11 7:54 AM, BAR wrote:
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On Wed, 25 May 2011 18:06:22 -0400, wrote:
Blame the governor, not the president.
As the buck, in this particular case, stops with the governor, I
agree. The climate that got this rolling is quite another matter,
however.
That's a great defense. I saw someone on TV say something I didn't like
so I went and burned down the the college's buildings. Use that defense
and see how far it gets you.
I know history is not your forte, but the morons in the Ohio National
Guard were called in before the arson took place. No one was arrested or
prosecuted in connection with that fire.
Considering how out of control Governor Rhodes was about the
demonstrations, it is entirely possible that the fire was set by his
minions in order to exacerbate the situation. The Republicans of that
era and since were known for their dirty tricks.
Be that as it may, the protest came about as a result of President
Nixon's decision to spread that idiotic war into Cambodia. The loss of a
ROTC building in a fire in which no one was injured seems a minor point
in the face of a war conducted by the United States against Asian
peoples, a million of whom were killed.
BTW, before the students were murdered by the crazed Guardsmen, a number
were seriously injured by bayonet wounds inflicted by the boys in uniform.
Student actions against ROTC were nothing new. There were incidents even
in Kansas during the early 1960s in which ROTC buildings were either
smeared with animal blood as a protest against the U.S. war being
perpetrated for no good reason against Asian peoples.
As a result of the Kent State murders, there were some calls for the
dissolution of the national guard in many states but that never
happened. A number of universities, however, dropped their ROTC
programs. I always got a kick out of the guys in the dorm who were in
ROTC. They sure knew how to shine their shoes, buttons and buckles.